Month: June 2025
Southwest Louisiana business owners and entrepreneurs are invited to attend “Capitalize 2025: A Small Business Funding Panel with SBA and Local Lenders” on Thursday, July 24, 2025, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Henning SEED Center. Hosted by Louisiana Small Business Development Center (LSBDC) at McNeese State University, this free, interactive event offers a…
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McNeese State University’s Department of Mathematical Sciences received a grant from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) for Rowdy’s Math Rodeo, an interactive mathematics exhibit aiming to teach students in kindergarten through high school about advanced mathematics through play. “The activities we piloted this spring introduced students to various topics in discrete mathematics, including graph…
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McNeese State University student Erik Roy is taking his research on tardigrades to Japan. Tardigrades, often called water bears, are tiny microscopic aquatic animals with flat heads, segmented bodies and eight legs, each tipped with four to eight claws, and are nearly indestructible. Roy, a junior biological sciences major from Bell City, is working with…
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April Broussard has been named vice president for business affairs at McNeese State University, according to Dr. Wade Rousse, McNeese president. Broussard has been serving in the interim role since July 2024. “Ms. Broussard has been in the trenches as part of our executive leadership team for over a year. She is an accomplished professional…
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The McNeese State University men’s rodeo team has claimed its fourth straight championship title in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s (NIRA) Southern Region. Six members of the team, and one member of the women’s team, are traveling to the 2025 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) June 15-21 in Casper, Wyoming. McNeese dominated the Southern Region…
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McNeese State University students Navy Tate, Olivia Little, Nya James and Nelly Gonzalez Chan, presented their artwork at the University of Louisiana System (ULS) Academic Summit this spring. Each year the ULS Academic Summit offers students from all nine schools in all disciplines of study an opportunity to meet and present research, show off their…
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McNeese State University’s W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts announces the appointment of Landon Scriber as the director of choral activities. Scriber taught classes at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Louisiana State University of Alexandria. He was also the director of choral activities at Alexandria Senior High School and…
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